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State v. Smith

Citations

  • 677 P.2d 100
  • 101 Wash. 2d 36
  • 1984 Wash. LEXIS 1467

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that a defendant has a right to supply written questions which the judge must ask at the hearing
  • noting that Washington limited the right to compel witnesses to those witnesses who are material to the defense
  • explaining that the defense of entrapment has two elements, first that the defendant was induced into committing the crime by acts of law enforcement, and second, the defendant lacked a predisposition to commit the crime
  • \Entrapment occurs only when ... the accused is lured or induced into committing a crime he had no intention of committing.\
  • informant in a drug buy not required to be produced to testify regarding defendant's entrapment defense, when he failed to make a prima facie showing of the defense

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Judges: Rosellini, Utter, Williams, Pearson

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